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NOTE: This is a good time of year to
observe Starlings. The bill colour change is already happening
to these birds.
Their bills are changing from black to yellow breeding condition. Soon it
will be possible to determine the sex
of the birds as the male develops a blue-ish tinge around the nostrils
while the female bill stays all yellow.

31 January 2014

Blanchardstown: lots of birds in the garden including Siskin;
Redpoll; 1 male Blackcap; Song Thrush; Goldfinches;
1 Goldcrest; and a few more other species.LK

Male Siskin at
Blanchardstown (Photo by Liam Kane)

26 January 2014

Broadmeadows Estuary: a single Whooper Swan showing
well. A female Kingfisher dashing away from the
outflow pipe. A small flock of Siskins on the Alder trees
behind the outflow pipe under flyover.BC

Whooper Swan at Broadmeadows
Estuary (Photo by Brian Carruthers)

25 January 2014

Siskin in a Blanchardstown
Garden (Photo by Liam Kane)

24 January 2014

Malahide: Observed a Little Gull to the seaward
side of the railway bridge just beyond Malahide at 15:00 Sat 24th
January 2014.LO'B

Dun Laoghaire, West Pier: 15 Red-breasted
Mergansers; 60 Great-crested Grebe; 18 Common
Scoter; 1 Red-throated Diver; 2 Great Northern Diver
(one in the
harbour and one on the north side of the west pier); rafts of
Cormorant; 1 Kittiwake; 6 Turnstone;
2 Mediterranean Gull; 1 Shag; 9 Brent
Geese; and many Black-headead Gull, Great
Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Black Guillemot, Razorbill,
Dunlin, Redshank,
and a few Pied Wagtail, Ringed Plover and Oystercatcher.RD&JF

North Bull Island: A rather quiet day on the causeway! However we
saw a Jack Snipe.MH

16 January 2014

Bull Island: The highlight today was the Ross's
Gull which appeared for a second day (off the
end of the Bulll Wall). Also 2 Mediterranean Gulls; 4
Great Northern Divers (1 Bull Wall, 3 The Point); 2 Long-tailed
Ducks (The Point); and 6 Snow Buntings(Beach Southern
End).EK

Snow Bunting at Dollymount
Beach (Photo by Harry Bailey)

15 January 2014

Bull Island: Ross's
Gull seen as close as 2m to the South of the Bull
Wall between 13.00 and 15.00 today.JF

Killester: we had 1 Blackcap and 2 Long-tailed Tits
on the suet treat in our garden.MH

11 January 2014

Swords Estuary: 10 Great-crested Grebes; 4 Goldeneye,
Great Northern Diver plus a truly spectacular sight of
thousands of Golden Plover coming into roost. Also present
were circa 250 Lapwing. Not
forgetting some idiot* who sent his 4 labradors into
a field to lift hundreds of Brent Geese!!!!! MH (*not
a rarity - Editor)

Kestrel over Bull Island
(Photo by Ita Martin)

Greenshank at Monkstown (Photo by Nicola Dunphy)

Redshank at Monkstown
(Photo by Nicola Dunphy)

Grey Heron at Monkstown
(Photo by Nicola Dunphy)

10 January 2014

S.C.R. Dublin 8: 14 Redwing; 3 Song Thrush; 2 Blackcap
and a couple of Goldfinch all paid a visit to a tree in
Washington Street in the morning.MS

Blanchardstown: 3 Redpoll all feeding on the feeders
in the garden today - a lovely sight.LK

Redpoll in Blanchardstown
Garden (Photo by Liam Kane)

4 January 2014

Turnstone at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Ita Martin)

Dunlin and Sanderling at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Ita Martin)

Hooded Crowe at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Cian Merne)

Snow Bunting at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Cian Merne)

Turnstone at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Cian Merne)

Redshank at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Cian Merne)

3 January 2014

North Bull Wall: The stormy conditions over recent
days have brought Little Gulls close inshore along the
Dublin coastline. 8 were seen from the North Bull Wall today,
along with many Kittiwakes. A small flock of Snow
Buntings show up regularly. Look for them on the beach beside
the bathing shelter.GF
Snow Bunting at North Bull Wall
(Photo by Ger Franck)